Fuck its silent in here.......

[Brownie]

Is Biden getting the pink slip today?

Why?

He's too much of a distraction for his boss, who might also think that his Secretary of State would provide some extra juice to make up for the enthusiasm gap this year.

Obama's schedule today was a private meeting with Biden, followed by a private meeting with Hillary followed by a private lunch with Biden. Other than the cash burn involved with rebranding Obama-Biden with Obama-Clinton, perhaps she would re-energize the race. Also, Biden's freelancing with the "Y'all are gonna be put back in chains, yo" and invoking Paul Ryan's dead father, etc. is a bit embarrassing for his boss, who earned the nickname "No Drama Obama" for being so disciplined on the trail. Hillary would provide some discipline, might shut her husband up, and give him some more bite in the swing states.

For the sake of Romney/Ryan, I hope Biden keeps his spot on the ticket.

[Quality Start Machine]

Is Biden getting the pink slip today?

Why?

His daddy just bought him a little Deuce Coupe.

Much appreciated.

[Eli]

Is Biden getting the pink slip today?

Why?

He's too much of a distraction for his boss, who might also think that his Secretary of State would provide some extra juice to make up for the enthusiasm gap this year.

Obama's schedule today was a private meeting with Biden, followed by a private meeting with Hillary followed by a private lunch with Biden. Other than the cash burn involved with rebranding Obama-Biden with Obama-Clinton, perhaps she would re-energize the race. Also, Biden's freelancing with the "Y'all are gonna be put back in chains, yo" and invoking Paul Ryan's dead father, etc. is a bit embarrassing for his boss, who earned the nickname "No Drama Obama" for being so disciplined on the trail. Hillary would provide some discipline, might shut her husband up, and give him some more bite in the swing states.

For the sake of Romney/Ryan, I hope Biden keeps his spot on the ticket.

It'd be a risky move though, and could be seen as desperate. Despite Biden being a bit of a doofus, Obama isn't really in a position right now where he needs to look desperate or shake anything up.

[Quality Start Machine]

Is Biden getting the pink slip today?

Why?

He's too much of a distraction for his boss, who might also think that his Secretary of State would provide some extra juice to make up for the enthusiasm gap this year.

Obama's schedule today was a private meeting with Biden, followed by a private meeting with Hillary followed by a private lunch with Biden. Other than the cash burn involved with rebranding Obama-Biden with Obama-Clinton, perhaps she would re-energize the race. Also, Biden's freelancing with the "Y'all are gonna be put back in chains, yo" and invoking Paul Ryan's dead father, etc. is a bit embarrassing for his boss, who earned the nickname "No Drama Obama" for being so disciplined on the trail. Hillary would provide some discipline, might shut her husband up, and give him some more bite in the swing states.

For the sake of Romney/Ryan, I hope Biden keeps his spot on the ticket.

DPD.

The basic GOP strategy has been to try transferring their greatest weknesses onto Obama. Ryan was a stinker of a pick - the VP pick can only harm a ticket, or leave it unaffected. Ryan hurts the ticket by bringing the Ryan Budget into sharper focus, along with Ryan's legislative history of rubberstamping spending increases while the GOP held the pursestrings. So, try painting Biden as a liability.

So they send the attack dogs on Biden. Today Mayor Ballpark attacked Biden, saying he has "never been bright". Although, this is tasty butthurt, since Biden pretty much torpedoed Giuliani's entire campaign with the "noun, verb, and 9/11" line.

If Obama was going to replace Biden with Hillary, it would have been months ago. Not when there's more money being spent in Ohio to beat Sherrod Brown than there is to beat Obama. He'll be coasting after the Conventions.

[Chuck to Chuck]

He's too much of a distraction for his boss, who might also think that his Secretary of State would provide some extra juice to make up for the enthusiasm gap this year.

Obama's schedule today was a private meeting with Biden, followed by a private meeting with Hillary followed by a private lunch with Biden. Other than the cash burn involved with rebranding Obama-Biden with Obama-Clinton, perhaps she would re-energize the race. Also, Biden's freelancing with the "Y'all are gonna be put back in chains, yo" and invoking Paul Ryan's dead father, etc. is a bit embarrassing for his boss, who earned the nickname "No Drama Obama" for being so disciplined on the trail. Hillary would provide some discipline, might shut her husband up, and give him some more bite in the swing states.

For the sake of Romney/Ryan, I hope Biden keeps his spot on the ticket.

There's any easy way to get Biden off the ticket that's face saving for everyone.  Biden has had surgery for two brain aneurysms.

At this point, Obama-Clinton would be a cinch for re-election so long as employment growth reports between now and the election are +100,000 each report.

[BH]

Is Biden getting the pink slip today?

Why?

He's too much of a distraction for his boss, who might also think that his Secretary of State would provide some extra juice to make up for the enthusiasm gap this year.

Obama's schedule today was a private meeting with Biden, followed by a private meeting with Hillary followed by a private lunch with Biden. Other than the cash burn involved with rebranding Obama-Biden with Obama-Clinton, perhaps she would re-energize the race. Also, Biden's freelancing with the "Y'all are gonna be put back in chains, yo" and invoking Paul Ryan's dead father, etc. is a bit embarrassing for his boss, who earned the nickname "No Drama Obama" for being so disciplined on the trail. Hillary would provide some discipline, might shut her husband up, and give him some more bite in the swing states.

For the sake of Romney/Ryan, I hope Biden keeps his spot on the ticket.

Let me guess, these secrets meetings you know about, your source is the drudge report?
Que red sounding alarms!

[Brownie]

Is Biden getting the pink slip today?

Why?

He's too much of a distraction for his boss, who might also think that his Secretary of State would provide some extra juice to make up for the enthusiasm gap this year.

Obama's schedule today was a private meeting with Biden, followed by a private meeting with Hillary followed by a private lunch with Biden. Other than the cash burn involved with rebranding Obama-Biden with Obama-Clinton, perhaps she would re-energize the race. Also, Biden's freelancing with the "Y'all are gonna be put back in chains, yo" and invoking Paul Ryan's dead father, etc. is a bit embarrassing for his boss, who earned the nickname "No Drama Obama" for being so disciplined on the trail. Hillary would provide some discipline, might shut her husband up, and give him some more bite in the swing states.

For the sake of Romney/Ryan, I hope Biden keeps his spot on the ticket.

Let me guess, these secrets meetings you know about, your source is the drudge report?
Que red sounding alarms!

They're not secret meetings, just closed-door meetings.

[BH]

Is Biden getting the pink slip today?

Why?

He's too much of a distraction for his boss, who might also think that his Secretary of State would provide some extra juice to make up for the enthusiasm gap this year.

Obama's schedule today was a private meeting with Biden, followed by a private meeting with Hillary followed by a private lunch with Biden. Other than the cash burn involved with rebranding Obama-Biden with Obama-Clinton, perhaps she would re-energize the race. Also, Biden's freelancing with the "Y'all are gonna be put back in chains, yo" and invoking Paul Ryan's dead father, etc. is a bit embarrassing for his boss, who earned the nickname "No Drama Obama" for being so disciplined on the trail. Hillary would provide some discipline, might shut her husband up, and give him some more bite in the swing states.

For the sake of Romney/Ryan, I hope Biden keeps his spot on the ticket.

Let me guess, these secrets meetings you know about, your source is the drudge report?
Que red sounding alarms!

They're not secret meetings, just closed-door meetings.

Where else besides drudge, who links to the weekly standard is this being followed?
Does anyone actually think they'd make this change now?

[Quality Start Machine]

Is Biden getting the pink slip today?

Why?

He's too much of a distraction for his boss, who might also think that his Secretary of State would provide some extra juice to make up for the enthusiasm gap this year.

Obama's schedule today was a private meeting with Biden, followed by a private meeting with Hillary followed by a private lunch with Biden. Other than the cash burn involved with rebranding Obama-Biden with Obama-Clinton, perhaps she would re-energize the race. Also, Biden's freelancing with the "Y'all are gonna be put back in chains, yo" and invoking Paul Ryan's dead father, etc. is a bit embarrassing for his boss, who earned the nickname "No Drama Obama" for being so disciplined on the trail. Hillary would provide some discipline, might shut her husband up, and give him some more bite in the swing states.

For the sake of Romney/Ryan, I hope Biden keeps his spot on the ticket.

Let me guess, these secrets meetings you know about, your source is the drudge report?
Que red sounding alarms!

They're not secret meetings, just closed-door meetings.

I'm sure that meeting with the Secretary of State, followed by lunch with the Vice President (who was chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee previously) is all about scrapping the ticket, and Egypt, Syria, and Netanyahu's raging WARBONER won't be on the docket at all.

[CBStew]

Is Biden getting the pink slip today?

Why?

He's too much of a distraction for his boss, who might also think that his Secretary of State would provide some extra juice to make up for the enthusiasm gap this year.

Obama's schedule today was a private meeting with Biden, followed by a private meeting with Hillary followed by a private lunch with Biden. Other than the cash burn involved with rebranding Obama-Biden with Obama-Clinton, perhaps she would re-energize the race. Also, Biden's freelancing with the "Y'all are gonna be put back in chains, yo" and invoking Paul Ryan's dead father, etc. is a bit embarrassing for his boss, who earned the nickname "No Drama Obama" for being so disciplined on the trail. Hillary would provide some discipline, might shut her husband up, and give him some more bite in the swing states.

For the sake of Romney/Ryan, I hope Biden keeps his spot on the ticket.

Let me guess, these secrets meetings you know about, your source is the drudge report?
Que red sounding alarms!

They're not secret meetings, just closed-door meetings.

Where else besides drudge, who links to the weekly standard is this being followed?
Does anyone actually think they'd make this change now?

I would prefer that someone other than Biden or Ryan was a heartbeat away from being president of the U.S.  

[flannj]

Is Biden getting the pink slip today?

Why?

He's too much of a distraction for his boss, who might also think that his Secretary of State would provide some extra juice to make up for the enthusiasm gap this year.

Obama's schedule today was a private meeting with Biden, followed by a private meeting with Hillary followed by a private lunch with Biden. Other than the cash burn involved with rebranding Obama-Biden with Obama-Clinton, perhaps she would re-energize the race. Also, Biden's freelancing with the "Y'all are gonna be put back in chains, yo" and invoking Paul Ryan's dead father, etc. is a bit embarrassing for his boss, who earned the nickname "No Drama Obama" for being so disciplined on the trail. Hillary would provide some discipline, might shut her husband up, and give him some more bite in the swing states.

For the sake of Romney/Ryan, I hope Biden keeps his spot on the ticket.

Let me guess, these secrets meetings you know about, your source is the drudge report?
Que red sounding alarms!

They're not secret meetings, just closed-door meetings.

Where else besides drudge, who links to the weekly standard is this being followed?
Does anyone actually think they'd make this change now?

I'm just trying to imagine the level of foaming at the mouth during the RNC if this were to happen.

[Brownie]

Is Biden getting the pink slip today?

Why?

He's too much of a distraction for his boss, who might also think that his Secretary of State would provide some extra juice to make up for the enthusiasm gap this year.

Obama's schedule today was a private meeting with Biden, followed by a private meeting with Hillary followed by a private lunch with Biden. Other than the cash burn involved with rebranding Obama-Biden with Obama-Clinton, perhaps she would re-energize the race. Also, Biden's freelancing with the "Y'all are gonna be put back in chains, yo" and invoking Paul Ryan's dead father, etc. is a bit embarrassing for his boss, who earned the nickname "No Drama Obama" for being so disciplined on the trail. Hillary would provide some discipline, might shut her husband up, and give him some more bite in the swing states.

For the sake of Romney/Ryan, I hope Biden keeps his spot on the ticket.

Let me guess, these secrets meetings you know about, your source is the drudge report?
Que red sounding alarms!

They're not secret meetings, just closed-door meetings.

Where else besides drudge, who links to the weekly standard is this being followed?
Does anyone actually think they'd make this change now?

The Weekly Standard is where I saw it. As for who's following it, Axelrod and Jay Carney each addressed questions on this the last couple of days.

Eli's and Chuck's analysis are probably most spot-on. "Firing" Biden would look desperate unless he's being replaced because of health reasons.

[Quality Start Machine]

Axelrod and Jay Carney each addressed questions on this the last couple of days.

Who was doing the asking?

[J. Walter Weatherman]

If Obama was going to replace Biden with Hillary, it would have been months ago.

This.

It's not like Biden's propensity for saying stupid shit (and/or reasonable shit stupidly) is news to anyone.

If these tendencies were seen as such a liability, they would have removed him from the ticket early on and in a way that didn't seem totally reactive.

And only Chuck could think that the health excuse would go over at this stage in the game.

I'm sure that meeting with the Secretary of State, followed by lunch with the Vice President (who was chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee previously) is all about scrapping the ticket, and Egypt, Syria, and Netanyahu's raging WARBONER won't be on the docket at all.

Fork is right × 2.

What the fuck, you guys?

[Tonker]

Is Biden getting the pink slip today?

Why?

His daddy just bought him a little Deuce Coupe.

Much appreciated.

I don't know whether Fork being the only person who appreciated my little joke there is a good thing or not.  Nonetheless, thanks, mate - for a while there it was like I'd wet my pants in a dark suit.  It gave me a warm feeling, but nobody else noticed.